Melbourne: works start for new rail line to Mernda
Construction works have begun for the extension of the South Morang line to Mernda. The USD 600 million Mernda Rail […]
Infrastructure
China to finance Iran’s rail electrification project
China and Germany will take part in a project of electrifying the railway line linking Tehran to Mashhad, the Iranian […]
Poznań – Piła modernisation contract signed
Poland’s railway infrastructure manager PKP PLK and Porr Polska Construction signed a PLN 485 million (EUR 114 million) contract for […]
Uzbekistan Railways receives USD 80 million loan for electrification project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 80 million loan for the electrification of 145 kilometers of railway […]
US: Caltrain starts rail grinding project
Caltrain began a two-week rail grinding project on 26 April that will result in reduced noise impacts for neighbors near […]
Tender for Rail Baltica’s Ülemiste passenger terminal launched
RB Rail AS has announced the tender for the “Feasibility and technical framework study for a rail bound (light rail […]
Turkey proposes three alternative rail routes to Trabzon
In the Eastern Black Sea Region Environment Plan approved by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, three alternative routes […]
Metra and Union Pacific Railroad to improve traffic on UP West Line
Metra and Union Pacific Railroad started a $100 million project to remove two critical bottlenecks along the UP West Line […]
Poland: Trakcja inks a new rail modernization contract
Trakcja as part of a consortium with Spanish company Comsa signed a contract with PKP PLK for the modernization of […]
Three consortia selected for Helsinki-Espoo LRT project
Helsinki City Transport HKL announced that three consortia are prequalified for tendering the design and construction of Raide-Jokeri LRT project. […]